East Lothian waste company reveals extent of local rubbish dumping in garden waste bins

An array of different items of rubbish were pulled out from the garden waste (Image: Caledonian Horticulture)

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Caledonian Horticulture are supplied garden waste from East Lothian council, which they then recycle into a selection of peat-free gardening products.

However on Saturday the organisation took to social media to show what some locals had been dumping in their garden waste bin.

Images show plastic tubs, clothing, wrappers, plastic toys and a host of other items that have been thrown in alongside the outdoor waste, all of which has to be handpicked out by staff at the company.

"Over 1000 tons of garden cuttings was delivered to us over the last two weekends by East Lothian Council bin crews. Thank you! The bin pictured was empty before last weekend's deliveries.

"Everything in the bin was hand picked out by our team.

"We wanted to put out a post to ask that people make a conscious effort to remove non garden items before putting cuttings into the brown bins. It’d be a huge help to our team and we would be very thankful.

An entire container was filled with the junk (Image: Caledonian Horticulture)